Was browsing in Waterstones today...

[daibhidc]

...I've been resisting (more or less) peeking at Nation, because I don't want to spoil it[1], but The Illustrated Wee Free Men came out this week, and I thought "Well, I already know the story, so spoilers don't really apply". I was planning on getting it for my neice for Christmas[2], and now I'm not sure I can wait that long.

There are Feegles interlaced in the text (sometimes stealing words). There's fold-out pages. There are bits where signage and writing is in the illustrations rather than the text. There's the court transcript of the events leading to a certain lawyer being turned into a toad (and we learn his name is Mr Natter, which is a wonderful name for a toad who's actually a lawyer). And the illustrations themselves are brilliant.

I may have to order this one from the library as well.

[1]It's on order from the library. If I go around buying the autumn Pratchett, my entire Christmas list is thrown into disarray.

[2]Pending her mother's approval, which I'm pretty confident about.

Comments

[agoodwinsmith.livejournal.com]

I hope your family appreciates what a favour you are doing them. Me, I just buy the Pratchetts as fast as I can find them, and people can just give me socks and be content. You let your family have the privilege of giving you something they know that you love. For such a dedicated Pratchett-o-phil, as we know you to be, that is a big sacrifice. Do you think they realize?

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Yes, the expression on my face, and the fact that I instantly disappear into it, only emerging to tell them the really funny bits are a clue 8-).

(My mum and sister borrow them, so they really understand. The rest of the family just accept it's something I really like.)

[cat63.livejournal.com]

There's the court transcript of the events leading to a certain lawyer being turned into a toad (and we learn his name is Mr Natter, which is a wonderful name for a toad who's actually a lawyer).

Oh wonderful! Is his first name Jack, by any chance? :-)

[daibhid-c.livejournal.com]

Um, it hadn't registered at the time, but now you mention it, I think he was James Natter (a court transcript wouldn't call the prosecuter Jack, even if everyone else did).

[cat63.livejournal.com]

(a court transcript wouldn't call the prosecuter Jack, even if everyone else did).

True. I think Jack is short for John rather than James, but it's still a nice touch.